Kohl's looking at Canada for expansion

Kohl's is looking at sites in Canada for new stores, according to a report Thursday in the Globe and Mail in Toronto.

Kohl's spokeswoman Vicki Shamion said: "At this time, we've not announced any plans to open a new store in Canada. Kohl's has an ongoing real estate assessment process. At any given time, Kohl's is reviewing sites in communities nationwide. We do not comment on real estate speculation."

In an unrelated interview Wednesday, chief executive officer Kevin Mansell said Kohl's would make decisions on picking up the pace of its store expansion based on consumer demand.

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Having gotten millions of women out of jeans and into yoga pants, the Wilson family now wants to drape the world in $80 T-shirts.

Or at least part of the world, the part inhabited by young professionals living what the Wilsons call "full-contact" lives — up at 6, off to jobs where they're already making their mark, getting in a good workout, meeting friends, moving through the city and wanting luxury clothing that meets the needs of their smart, successful lifestyles.

Milwaukee, the Wilsons believe, is fertile ground for this market, so on Thursday, in a 1,300-square foot space in the Historic Third Ward, they'll open the 26th location of Kit and Ace, a barely-year-old clothing chain that has generated buzz far beyond its still-modest size.(6)